Description
VELCADE is a prescription medicine used to treat adults with multiple myeloma (a cancer of the plasma cells).
- VELCADE is also a prescription medicine used to treat adults with mantle cell lymphoma (a cancer of the lymph nodes).
How to use:
- As a first-time treatment given with chemotherapy called FOLFOX (folinic acid, fluorouracil, oxaliplatin)
- Alone, following disease progression with the following chemotherapies: fluoropyrimidine-, oxaliplatin-, and irinotecan-containing chemotherapy
Caution & Warnings:
- You should not receive VELCADE if you are allergic to bortezomib, boron, or mannitol.
- VELCADE must not be administered into your spinal fluid (intrathecally) because of possible serious side effects that can lead to death.
Side Effects:
- Peripheral neuropathy.
- Hypotension.
- Heart problems.
- Brain swelling
- Stomach and intestinal (gastrointestinal) problems.
- Low platelet counts
- Liver problems.
- Hematologic disease
Ingredients:
- Bortezomib 3.5Mg.
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